January 20, 2022
The city of Philadelphia will have to pay $1.6 million to 14 mental health workers who alleged they were stiffed on overtime pay, a Pennsylvania federal judge ruled, finding that the city underpaid the workers during their standby shifts.
October 18, 2019
A federal judge has found a group of Philadelphia emergency mental health employees are entitled to time-and-a-half pay for overtime work, rejecting the city's argument that they fall under a pair of Fair Labor Standards Act overtime exemptions.